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New Spinnaker CEO Ostergaard Embraces Synergy Hippo Ownership Brings
Hippo-owned Spinnaker Insurance Company appointed a former USAA executive as its new president and CEO. Torben Ostergaard is signing onto Spinnaker after more than a decade in various c-suite ...
Why Rapid Cyber Rate Hikes Will Continue for Some Time
While global commercial insurance rate hikes are starting to moderate, cyber seems likely to be an outlier for some time to come. "Right now, we are not at a stage where we can see the end of the ...
AIG CEO Zaffino Expects Life & Retirement Partial IPO by Year-End
AIG is full speed ahead with IPO plans for part of its Life & Retirement division and hopes to pull the trigger by the end of 2021, President and CEO Peter Zaffino said. Those plans have a few ...
MGA Startups During COVID Helped Accelerate Digitization: InsurTech Forum Preview
One of the more intriguing InsurTech trends over the last year has been an accelerated push by MGA startups to make insurance easier for consumers in a variety of ways. COVID-19 propelled that ...
Chubb CEO Greenberg: Company Looks at Lots of M&A Opportunities ‘Every Year’
Chubb's recent failed attempt to acquire The Hartford may have gotten a lot of play in the industry and business press, but Chairman and CEO Evan Greenberg said the company explores potential M&A ...
The Hartford CEO Swift: Optimistic About BI Claims and Pandemic Fading
The Hartford CEO Christopher Swift expressed confidence that the property/casualty insurer has weathered the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic and said related concerns about business interruption ...
Chubb CEO Greenberg Reiterates a Call for Litigation Reform
Chubb Chairman and CEO Evan Greenberg is reiterating a call for litigation reform nationally and at the state level to address what he said is a "systemic" worsening of the legal environment and its ...
P/C InsurTech Venture Capital Surpasses $1B in Q1; Several Startups Raise Large Rounds
Property/casualty related InsurTech financings in the 2021 first quarter came together at a healthy clip, as startups focused on addressing needs in an insurance industry facing accelerated ...